When we think of art, we normally picture something which can exist for centuries. But there has always been a type of art which doesn’t last. This is often referred to as ‘temporary’ art. Sculptures which are made of snow or ice, paintings in coloured sand, chalk drawings done on public pavements: (18) ______. Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada is a modern ‘temporary’ artist, and (19) ______. He uses groups of volunteers to help him, his pieces take a long time to plan and create. But they are mostly ...

When we think of art, we normally picture something which can exist for centuries. But there has always been a type of art which doesn’t last. This is often referred to as ‘temporary’ art. Sculptures which are made of snow or ice, paintings in coloured sand, chalk drawings done on public pavements: (18) ______.

Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada is a modern ‘temporary’ artist, and (19) ______. He uses groups of volunteers to help him, his pieces take a long time to plan and create. But they are mostly talked about because the final results are so impressive. For the past few years, Rodríguez-Gerada (20) ______. To people on the ground, it looks like a garden, and it is hard to see any kind of design in it. In fact, GPS mapping is used to set out the design. Then an army of workers use this master plan to create the image which the artist has planned.

In 2014, the artist created an astonishing face on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It covered an area of 25,000 square metres, and it was created because the mall was getting new gardens, and the land wasn’t going to be used for a while. (21) ______. The artist says that it showed one of the millions of faces that represent the American people. After a while, the sand and soil of the portrait were mixed together, and new lawns were planted in its place. (22) ______.

(Adapted from Friends Global)